Federal NHA Exam: Environment
A fixed, regularly serviced, automatic fire extinguishing system in nursing home kitchens
over the cook stoves is ______. - ANS-Required
A material that, in the form in which it is used, will not aid combustion or add appreciable
heat to spreading fire is defined as _____. - ANS-Noncombustible
A supervised automatic sprinkler system _____. - ANS-Is required
Accidents and illnesses requiring first aid and not resulting in work loss ______ reported -
ANS-Do not have to be
Aisles, corridors, and ramps used for exit must be at least ___ in width, and clear and
unobstructed. - ANS-8 feet
An employee hearing the fire code phrase must ______. - ANS-Go to his or her assigned
station.
As a result of few new nursing homes being built in recent decades, it can be expected that
occupancy rates in nursing homes ______ over the next 30 years. - ANS-Will be near 100%
Automatic doors and power-assisted doors should be slow opening and low powered, not
opening back to back faster than _____ seconds nor with a force of more than _____
pounds. - ANS-3/15
Basic action required of health care facility personnel is ______. - ANS-Removal of directly
involved occupants, transmission of an alarm signal, and confinement of the effects of the
fire.
Basically, under the Privacy Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services,
it is illegal for any person to gain access to personal medical information for any reason
other than health care delivery, operations, and__________. - ANS-Reimbursement
By 1947, unions represented about 31% of the workforce. In 2015, union membership
represented about _____% of the total work force. - ANS-16%
Corridors throughout patient sleeping areas must have _____. - ANS-Automatic Smoke
Detection System
Discrimination was interpreted initially by the courts as harmful action, later as unequal
treatment, and more recently as ______ - ANS-Unequal or adverse impact
Doors protecting corridor openings must be made of 1.75 inches solid bonded core wood or
constructed to resist fire for at least ____ minutes. - ANS-20
During the years 1993 to 2006, the occupancy rates for U.S. nursing facilities ______. -
ANS-Decreased
During the years 1993 to 2006, the percentage of chain-owned nursing facilities ________. -
ANS-Varied between just less than and just more than half.
Each floor or fire section of the facility shall have at least ____ located _____ from each
other. - ANS-Two exits/remotely
Each patient room must have an outside window or door. If a window, it ____. - ANS-Need
not be operable.
Every building shall have a(an) _____ operated fire alarm system that shall be ___
supervised. - ANS-Manually/electronically
A fixed, regularly serviced, automatic fire extinguishing system in nursing home kitchens
over the cook stoves is ______. - ANS-Required
A material that, in the form in which it is used, will not aid combustion or add appreciable
heat to spreading fire is defined as _____. - ANS-Noncombustible
A supervised automatic sprinkler system _____. - ANS-Is required
Accidents and illnesses requiring first aid and not resulting in work loss ______ reported -
ANS-Do not have to be
Aisles, corridors, and ramps used for exit must be at least ___ in width, and clear and
unobstructed. - ANS-8 feet
An employee hearing the fire code phrase must ______. - ANS-Go to his or her assigned
station.
As a result of few new nursing homes being built in recent decades, it can be expected that
occupancy rates in nursing homes ______ over the next 30 years. - ANS-Will be near 100%
Automatic doors and power-assisted doors should be slow opening and low powered, not
opening back to back faster than _____ seconds nor with a force of more than _____
pounds. - ANS-3/15
Basic action required of health care facility personnel is ______. - ANS-Removal of directly
involved occupants, transmission of an alarm signal, and confinement of the effects of the
fire.
Basically, under the Privacy Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services,
it is illegal for any person to gain access to personal medical information for any reason
other than health care delivery, operations, and__________. - ANS-Reimbursement
By 1947, unions represented about 31% of the workforce. In 2015, union membership
represented about _____% of the total work force. - ANS-16%
Corridors throughout patient sleeping areas must have _____. - ANS-Automatic Smoke
Detection System
Discrimination was interpreted initially by the courts as harmful action, later as unequal
treatment, and more recently as ______ - ANS-Unequal or adverse impact
Doors protecting corridor openings must be made of 1.75 inches solid bonded core wood or
constructed to resist fire for at least ____ minutes. - ANS-20
During the years 1993 to 2006, the occupancy rates for U.S. nursing facilities ______. -
ANS-Decreased
During the years 1993 to 2006, the percentage of chain-owned nursing facilities ________. -
ANS-Varied between just less than and just more than half.
Each floor or fire section of the facility shall have at least ____ located _____ from each
other. - ANS-Two exits/remotely
Each patient room must have an outside window or door. If a window, it ____. - ANS-Need
not be operable.
Every building shall have a(an) _____ operated fire alarm system that shall be ___
supervised. - ANS-Manually/electronically
